SolidWorks

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SolidWorks

• September 10 2008

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SolidWorks Everywhere in Consumer Products
STAIRLIFT UK
CLIPPERS Sweden
SHOWER UK
PERFUME France
TELEPHONE Germany
FAX COPIER Korea
BATHROOM Spain
STAIRS Italy
COMPUTER USA
FURNITURE Spain
HANDLES USA
KITCHEN USA
VACUUM CLEANER Italy
AIR CONDITIONING Japan
TELEPHONE South Korea
LOCK USA
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Industry Example Trek Bikes

• Company
• Designs manufactures and markets bicycles and
  bike accessories.
• Challenge
• Heightened expectation for quality (Lance
  Armstrong)
• Integrate Design and Manufacturing
• Increased market demand
• SolidWorks Benefits
• Shortened design cycle by 50
• Improved product quality
• Doubled throughput of new products (100 increase)

By providing integrated design analysis
manufacturing and communication tools
SolidWorks software has enabled Trek Bicycles to
double its design throughput while improving
quality and increasing innovation.
SolidWorks has the most solid business
experience in actual production settings. Because
we wanted to use 3D data at more points in our
development process we chose the system with the
most momentum knowing that it would produce
additional opportunities for integration.
Steve Baumann Industrial Design Manager
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Industry Example Kneissl

• Company
• Located in Switzerland Kneissl manufactures skis
  and tennis rackets
• Challenge
• Replace 2D AutoCad with 3D capabilities
• transform an idea from design to production
  quickly
• Affortability
• SolidWorks Benefits
• Can quickly conceptualize
• Makes production of final product much easier
• Low cost

In SolidWorks we can give free rein to our
creativity.   Richard Holzner Director of RD
Ski
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Using the Interface
The interface is how you interact with the
computer in the following ways

• Use windows to view files.
• Use the mouse to select buttons menus and model
  elements.
• Run programs like SolidWorks mechanical design
  software.
• Find open and work with files.
• Create save and copy files.

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Microsoft Windows

• SolidWorks runs on the Microsoft Windows
  graphical user interface.
• Windows let you see the work of an application
  program.
• Panels are sub sections of windows.
• Illustration shows one window with two panels.

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Using the SolidWorks Interface

• SolidWorks windows display graphic and
  non-graphic model data.
• Toolbars display frequently used commands.

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Left Side of SolidWorks Window

• Property Manager

• Configuration Manager

• FeatureManager design tree

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Toolbars

• Buttons for frequently used commands.
• You can select the toolbars to display.
• View / Toolbars

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Getting Help

• To view comprehensive online help
• Click .
• Select Help SolidWorks Help Topics.
• Help displays in a separate window.

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What is SolidWorks

• SolidWorks is design automation software.
• In SolidWorks you sketch ideas and experiment
  with different designs to create 3D models.
• SolidWorks is used by students designers
  engineers and other professionals to produce
  simple and complex parts assemblies and
  drawings.

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The SolidWorks Model

• The SolidWorks model is made up of
• Parts
• Assemblies
• Drawings

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The SolidWorks Model
Part
Part
Drawing
Drawing
Assembly
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Features

• Features are the building blocks of the part.
• Features are the shapes and operations that
  construct the part.

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Examples of Shape Features

• Base Feature
• First feature in part.
• Created from a 2D sketch.
• Forms the work piece to which other features
  are added.

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Examples of Shape Features

• Boss feature
• Adds material to part.
• Created from 2D sketch.

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Examples of Shape Features

• Cut feature
• Removes material from part.
• Created from 2D sketch.

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Examples of Shape Features

• Hole feature
• Removes material.
• Works like more intelligent cut feature.
• Corresponds to process such as counter-sink
  thread counter-bore.

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Examples of Shape Features

• Fillet feature
• Used to round off sharp edges.
• Can remove or add material.
• Outside edge (convex fillet) removes material.
• Inside edge (concave fillet) adds material.

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Examples of Shape Features

• Chamfer feature
• Similar to a fillet.
• Bevels an edge rather than rounding it.
• Can remove or add material.

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Sketched Features Operation Features

• Sketched Features
• Shape features have sketches.
• Sketched features are built from 2D profiles.
• Operation Features
• Operation features do not have sketches.
• Applied directly to the work piece by selecting
  edges or faces.

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To Create an Extruded Base Feature

• Select a sketch plane.
• Sketch a 2D profile.
• Extrude the sketch perpendicular to sketch
  plane.

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To Create a Revolved Base Feature

• Select a sketch plane.
• Sketch a 2D profile.
• Sketch a centerline (optional).
• Revolve the sketch arounda sketch line or
  centerline.

Centerline (optional)
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Terminology Document Window

• Divided into two panels
• Left panel contains the FeatureManager design
  tree.
• Lists the structure of the part assembly or
  drawing.
• Right panel contains the Graphics Area.
• Location to display create and modify a part
  assembly or drawing.

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Terminology User Interface
MenuBar
Toolbar
Task pane
CommandManager
Drawingdocumentwindow
Partdocumentwindow
Status bar
Toolbar
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Terminology PropertyManager
Preview
Confirmationcorner
PropertyManager
Handle
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Terminology Basic Geometry

• Axis - An implied centerline that runs through
  every cylindrical feature.
• Plane - A flat 2D surface.
• Origin - The point where the three default
  reference planes intersect. The coordinates of
  the origin are (x 0 y 0 z 0).

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Terminology Basic Geometry

• Face The surface or skin of a part.
  Faces can be flat or curved.
• Edge The boundary of a face. Edges can
  be straight or curved.
• Vertex The corner where edges meet.

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Features and Commands

• Base feature
• The Base feature is the first feature that is
  created.
• The Base feature is the foundation of the part.
• The Base feature geometry for the box is an
  extrusion.
• The extrusion is named Extrude1.

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Features and Commands

• Features used to build the box are
• Extruded Base feature
• Fillet feature
• Shell feature
• Extruded Cut feature

1.Base Feature
2.Fillet Feature
3.Shell Feature
4.Cut Feature
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Features and Commands

• To create the extruded base feature for the box
• Sketch a rectangular profile on a 2D plane.
• Extrude the sketch.
• By default extrusions are perpendicular to the
  sketch plane.

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Features and Commands

• Fillet feature
• The fillet feature rounds the edges or faces of a
  part.
• Select the edges to be rounded. Selecting a face
  rounds all the edges of that face.
• Specify the fillet radius.

Fillet
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Features and Commands

• Shell feature
• The shell feature removes material from the
  selected face.
• Using the shell feature creates a hollow box
  froma solid box.
• Specify the wall thicknessfor the shell feature.

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Features and Commands

• To create the extruded cut feature for the box
• Sketch the 2D circular profile.
• Extrude the 2D Sketch profile perpendicular to
  the sketch plane.
• Enter Through All for the end condition.
• The cut penetrates through the entire part.

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Dimensions and Geometric Relationships

• Specify dimensions and geometric relationships
  between features and sketches.
• Dimensions change the size and shape of the part.
• Mathematical relationships between dimensions can
  be controlled by equations.
• Geometric relationships are the rules that
  control the behavior of sketch geometry.
• Geometric relationships help capture design
  intent.

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Dimensions

• Dimensions
• Base depth 50 mm
• Boss depth 25 mm
• Mathematical relationship
• Boss depth Base depth 2

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Document Properties

• Accessed through the Tools Options menu.
• Control settings like
• Units English (inches) or Metric (millimeters)
• Grid/Snap Settings
• Colors Material Properties and Image Quality

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System Options

• Accessed through the Tools Options menu.
• Allow you to customize your work environment.
• System options control
• File locations
• Performance
• Spin box increments

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View Control

• Magnify or reduce the view of a model in the
  graphics area.
• Zoom to Fit displays the part so that it
  fills the current window.
• Zoom to Area zooms in on a portion of the
  view that you select by dragging a bounding box.
• Zoom In/Out drag the pointer upward to zoom
  in. Drag the pointer downward to zoom out.
• Zoom to Selection the view zooms so that
  the selected object fills the window.

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Display Modes

• Illustrate the part in various display modes.

Wireframe
Hidden lines Visible
Hidden Lines Removed
Shaded
Shaded With Edges
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Standard Views
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View Orientation
Changes the view display to correspond to one of
the standard view orientations.

• Front
• Right
• Bottom
• Isometric

• Top
• Left
• Back
• Normal To (selected plane or planar
  face)

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Isometric View

• Displays the part with height width and depth
  equally foreshortened.
• Pictorial rather than orthographic.
• Shows all three dimensions height width and
  depth.
• Easier to visualize than orthographic views.

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The Status of a Sketch

• Under defined
• Additional dimensions or relations are required.
• Under defined sketch entities are blue (by
  default).
• Fully defined
• No additional dimensions or relationships are
  required.
• Fully defined sketch entities are black (by
  default).
• Over defined
• Contains conflicting dimensions or relations or
  both.
• Over defined sketch entities are red (by
  default).

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Class and Homework

• Work through Chapters 45 and complete the
  exercises at the end of each chapter. These are
  due Tuesday of next week.